SAINT, Chandler B., and George A. Krimsky

MAKING FREEDOM; The extraordinary life of Venture Smith

Middletown CT: Wesleyan, (2009). First printing. 8vo, pp. xiii, 186. Notes, index. Illustrated with photographs and facsimiles. Map on endpapers. Flyer from the Beecher House Society Inc. laid in with information about the Venture Smith Project. As new in dj. Item #48528

Smith, the son of an African chief, was captured and brought to America as a child. He eventually bought his freedom, as well as that of his family. He dictated the story of his life, which was printed as a pamphlet in 1798.

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